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he comes back and it goes down and devastated taft again. >> they both cried, taft probably more. >> rose: and you. >> that person, you know. >> rose: that woman who keeps -- so really amazing story. >> it really is. i mean, what i think history is about is stories, you tell a series of connected stories, so here i am telling a series of stories about taft and teddy and about tar bell, there is another person, a great journalist, she makes another decision as a woman, a young woman at 14, she praise that she will never get mar recognize. >> rose: praise? >> because she feels the frustration of her mother who had talent and wanted to do nothing and never gets married but becomes the most famous journalist of her era, think we can have those things together that no one of these three women thought they could have. it is good. >> rose: it is good. times have changed. i was thinking about your son who went to iraq and all of that, the wonderful sons you have and so proud of. >> we were here together, you and me -- >> rose: i remember. so then there is the campaign, was it mean? >> it was
he comes back and it goes down and devastated taft again. >> they both cried, taft probably more. >> rose: and you. >> that person, you know. >> rose: that woman who keeps -- so really amazing story. >> it really is. i mean, what i think history is about is stories, you tell a series of connected stories, so here i am telling a series of stories about taft and teddy and about tar bell, there is another person, a great journalist, she makes another decision as a...
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>> right, he is so happy when taft wins. he says, taft will carry out my legacy. i trust no one more. he calls him a beloved person in his letters. teddy gives them space, comes back and his progressive friends tell him that taft hasn't been as honest to the legacy. and is cozying up to the regulars in the congress who he needed to get the tariff bill through. it was more complicated than that. he didn't know how to be a public leader. he screwed up things he tried to do to fulfill teddy's legacy. teddy comes back and he is missing being president. he ends up running against taft. >> and woodrow wilson wins. >> when they split the vote -- teddy and taft together get more than 50% of the vote. they split it and the democrat wins and wins the senate. >> and we have world war i. >> that is the way history happens. >> more about the friendship -- they were very different men. one loved the public eye. taft did not like the public eye. taft was much more cerebral. >> deliberative. i think what happened is, part of it is opposite attracting. teddy was so outdoorsy. taft
>> right, he is so happy when taft wins. he says, taft will carry out my legacy. i trust no one more. he calls him a beloved person in his letters. teddy gives them space, comes back and his progressive friends tell him that taft hasn't been as honest to the legacy. and is cozying up to the regulars in the congress who he needed to get the tariff bill through. it was more complicated than that. he didn't know how to be a public leader. he screwed up things he tried to do to fulfill...
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and he's so happy when taft wins. he says taft will carry out my legacy. i trust no one more. he calls him a beloved person in his letters. teddy then goes to africa. gives him space, comes back and his progressive friends tell him that taft hasn't been as honest to the legacy. >> rose: and he is cozying up to c.e.o.s. >> and to the regulars in the congress, who he needed, he thought, to get the tariff bill through it was more complicated than that. he simply didn't know how to be a public leader and he screwed up the things he tried to do to fulfill teddy's legacy. and then teddy comes back and he's missing being president and the progressives say we want you, so he ends up running against taft. >> rose: and woodrow wilson wins. >> well, when the two split the vote. teddy and taft together, teddy as the third party candidate and taft as the regular republican candidate get more than 50% of the vote, but they split it and the democrat wins and wins the congress and wins the senate. >> rose: and then we had world war i and that's the way history happens. >> that's the way histo
and he's so happy when taft wins. he says taft will carry out my legacy. i trust no one more. he calls him a beloved person in his letters. teddy then goes to africa. gives him space, comes back and his progressive friends tell him that taft hasn't been as honest to the legacy. >> rose: and he is cozying up to c.e.o.s. >> and to the regulars in the congress, who he needed, he thought, to get the tariff bill through it was more complicated than that. he simply didn't know how to be a...
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hen taft was mean to teddy, hated the fight. what makes a good ending as i felt had wondering what could've happened to the two thof them after 1912. people try to bring them itether in 1914 and 1916 but was like an armed neutrality. very coldly. finally in 1918, the year before teddy dies, he's in the hospital with an illness that taft once had. he wrote him a note saying it was painful. they still had not seen each other. in 1919, months before teddy i'm sorry, 1918. taft goes to the blackstone hotel in chicago and he's going up in the elevator and he says, mr. roosevelt is in the dining room eating alone. he says to take me back home. there is a reporter there, thank god, to record this. there are 100 diners there. he goes over to teddy. throws his arm around him. teddy says to sit down and the entire restaurant collapse. they know this means the friendship has come together. says, thank god this happened. i'm so glad we are friends again. later hesome months dies and taft is an honored guest at the funeral and he says to his
hen taft was mean to teddy, hated the fight. what makes a good ending as i felt had wondering what could've happened to the two thof them after 1912. people try to bring them itether in 1914 and 1916 but was like an armed neutrality. very coldly. finally in 1918, the year before teddy dies, he's in the hospital with an illness that taft once had. he wrote him a note saying it was painful. they still had not seen each other. in 1919, months before teddy i'm sorry, 1918. taft goes to the...
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in contrast, taft had almost every other polity. he was loyal. he was decent. he gave a reasonable explanation for what he did, but he did not love politics, and he felt nervous giving speeches, and when they were on trains, they had to remind him, go wave to the people now. it was not an instinctual thing. loving the presidency, it is such a tough job, but if you can't, like fdr, why would not everyone want to be president, then you are in trouble. and absolutely bill clinton. >> his last weeks in office, he said he literally slept as little as possible so he could have the maximum number of hours being president. >> and there is also this about president obama, the criticism that he does not do enough associating with members of congress and his own party, as well as the republican party. his argument has always been, i do enough of it, and you cannot convince me that one more dinner or playing one more round of golf with somebody would have made a difference in the vote that took place. >> yes, i am probably more in agreement with him on that one. putting in
in contrast, taft had almost every other polity. he was loyal. he was decent. he gave a reasonable explanation for what he did, but he did not love politics, and he felt nervous giving speeches, and when they were on trains, they had to remind him, go wave to the people now. it was not an instinctual thing. loving the presidency, it is such a tough job, but if you can't, like fdr, why would not everyone want to be president, then you are in trouble. and absolutely bill clinton. >> his...
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the program from san francisco, the author, author of this the bully pulpit, theodore roosevelt and taft and the golden age of journalism, i am pleased to have all of them here as we have the presidency who inabouted this office, what it means, what is the toll and how we measure greatness, i will begin with michael beschloss. what kind of person is attracted to the presidency? >> now a daze, nowadays it is a shrinking number and one that is willing to go through many ways a tortious experience which was not the case for most of american history so the first thing i think to say is that we are not opening this office to as many people who would be great presidents as we used to earlier. you know, it is now 24 hours a day, you are expected to be on all the time, jon kennedy in the summer of 1961 was on vacation at hyannis port, the berlin wall went up. there was an inquiry at the press office what does the president think about the berlin wall going up in spite of the fact we said he it would not happen, a week was allowed to come by before kennedy had to give a response to that, now you
the program from san francisco, the author, author of this the bully pulpit, theodore roosevelt and taft and the golden age of journalism, i am pleased to have all of them here as we have the presidency who inabouted this office, what it means, what is the toll and how we measure greatness, i will begin with michael beschloss. what kind of person is attracted to the presidency? >> now a daze, nowadays it is a shrinking number and one that is willing to go through many ways a tortious...
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it all happened because of my guy teddy roosevelt in 1912, when he wanted to beat taft, he introduced the whole let the people vote and the primary system happened. for a long period of time the primaries went out, they came back in again, yet the superdelegates still supported the party on the democratic side having some powers. the be parties decided to reduce the number of from delegates and they had to vote the way their states voted. i know this doesn't sound democratic but do we want the party leaders if they are going to try the get consensus if they want anything at all to have a little bit of control when the decision was made as to who the nominee is? in 1912 when the fight got so vitriolic or tead and taft, if this is our first experiment in the new primary system, we hope this is our last, this is a mob, people from abroad must be looking at us and blushing in what we are, and that could be written today. >> when this more small d democratic system emerged, at the same time, the very same time, that the decline in faith and institutions began unabated. i don't think those
it all happened because of my guy teddy roosevelt in 1912, when he wanted to beat taft, he introduced the whole let the people vote and the primary system happened. for a long period of time the primaries went out, they came back in again, yet the superdelegates still supported the party on the democratic side having some powers. the be parties decided to reduce the number of from delegates and they had to vote the way their states voted. i know this doesn't sound democratic but do we want the...
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. >> rose: this was taft or someone else? >> well, taft was his opponent but also the young bill buckley and overs were very suspicious of him because look at eisenhower's connections. he's an internationalist when many of the right had been isolationists. he was a president of columbia university. >> rose: and he'd been in europe. >> he'd been in europe with many contacts with foreign leaders. he seemed a middle-of-the-road guy, which he was. this was the concern the right had. if we elect as republicans a president who is not going to undo, to roll back all the radical changes that happened under roosevelt and then the stew waugh strew man, our conservatism will have failed and there would have been a left wing revolution that's overtaken the country. and, of course, that's what happened with eisenhower. eisenhower kept the new deal in place. in my scheme, eisenhower and bill clinton stand as the two great modern conservative presidents because they followed presidents who had been radical to some extent and rather than try
. >> rose: this was taft or someone else? >> well, taft was his opponent but also the young bill buckley and overs were very suspicious of him because look at eisenhower's connections. he's an internationalist when many of the right had been isolationists. he was a president of columbia university. >> rose: and he'd been in europe. >> he'd been in europe with many contacts with foreign leaders. he seemed a middle-of-the-road guy, which he was. this was the concern the...
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it happened with teddy roosevelt and taft and the split in party and the progressivism. you have a real hunger in america among republicans of the sort of established school of republicans and some centrist democrats who say, this is wacky. and i haven't been able to figure out how it happened. but some realignment of parties -- charlie: in london, in great britain for a long time. and some party other than the tories. cokie: walter, you're involved with organizations that are very central to that goal. and that is the one place that i do see some hope. is that there are now several institutions that are really working to try to punish people for not coming together. and -- i know you haven't been yet. but hang in, walter. and i think that the -- and i do think that there are -- there are some voters who are fed up with the fact that nothing is going on. >> that's what we always hear. cokie: ripples of hope. ripples of hope. jeff: here i go again as ronald reagan may have said to me. if you asked the country, do you want bipartisanship? do you want a cooperative politica
it happened with teddy roosevelt and taft and the split in party and the progressivism. you have a real hunger in america among republicans of the sort of established school of republicans and some centrist democrats who say, this is wacky. and i haven't been able to figure out how it happened. but some realignment of parties -- charlie: in london, in great britain for a long time. and some party other than the tories. cokie: walter, you're involved with organizations that are very central to...
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taft lost control of congress. it would be something obama could certainly identify with, but maybe gain some insight. >> what you think of, i just interviewed leon panetta. it has criticism of president obama. clinton made some note of the differences she had on syria. gates made some criticism. in each case, each of these memoirs [indiscernible] -- should they wait until after the president has finished serving before writing these books? as a historian what do you say? >> there is a good case for waiting. criticizing a sitting president who is still facing the same issues might have a tendency to undercut his ability to continue dealing with these issues. i don't know whether that has been the case or will be the case in the instances you cite. i think you can make a case that it might have been wiser to wait. >> what is your assessment of obama? >> in many respects he has been inspirational, a good president. but he has, he lacks the lyndon johnson touch that made it possible to get things done. it was the abra
taft lost control of congress. it would be something obama could certainly identify with, but maybe gain some insight. >> what you think of, i just interviewed leon panetta. it has criticism of president obama. clinton made some note of the differences she had on syria. gates made some criticism. in each case, each of these memoirs [indiscernible] -- should they wait until after the president has finished serving before writing these books? as a historian what do you say? >> there...
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. >> rose: howard taft. >> yes, taft. i guessy the only one. it's not inconceivable. he would make quite a great judge. >> rose: you're -- your student. >> yes, i'm biased everything he was my student and research assistant. what it takes to be president is a little different than what it takes to be a great judge. >> rose: -- as president. you've thought about that. >> i think he might be a better judge. but it's a little too early to say how good a president he's been. there are things i wish he would have done differently but he does have major accomplishment. >> rose: he does have the question to see all sides. >> that's right. >> rose: it's an admirable point as well. >> it's admirable but it's important that you -- >> rose: and you have a principle that in a sense that you have studied. when you look at the court today and the decisions it faces, what are the great issues that have not come to the court but will come to the court. >> i think issues about bioengineering and meaning of person hood not only at what point does the fetus become a person but is a chim
. >> rose: howard taft. >> yes, taft. i guessy the only one. it's not inconceivable. he would make quite a great judge. >> rose: you're -- your student. >> yes, i'm biased everything he was my student and research assistant. what it takes to be president is a little different than what it takes to be a great judge. >> rose: -- as president. you've thought about that. >> i think he might be a better judge. but it's a little too early to say how good a...
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. >> rose: this w taft or soone else? >> wel taft wa his opponent but also the young bill ckley and overs were very suspicious of him because look at eiseower's connections. he's an internationist when many of the right had been isolationists. he was a president of columbia unersity. >> rose:nd he'd been in europe. >> he'd bee in europe th many contacts witforeign leade. he seemed a mile-of-the-road gu which he was. th was the concern the right had. if w elect as rublicans a prident who isot going to do, to roll bk all t radil changes tha happene under roosevelt and then t stew waugh strew ma, our conservatismill have failed and tre would have been a left wing revolution that's ertaken the cotry. and, of urse,that's wt happened wit eisenhower. eisenhower kept thnew dealn place. in my scheme, eisenhower and bill clintontand as the two great modnconservative presidents because ty followed presents who had been radical to some extent and rather tn try tondo everything, just moderate i and tempered it. >> rose: that's tony bl
. >> rose: this w taft or soone else? >> wel taft wa his opponent but also the young bill ckley and overs were very suspicious of him because look at eiseower's connections. he's an internationist when many of the right had been isolationists. he was a president of columbia unersity. >> rose:nd he'd been in europe. >> he'd bee in europe th many contacts witforeign leade. he seemed a mile-of-the-road gu which he was. th was the concern the right had. if w elect as...
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rose: what there the steeds of this because the republican party always had a variety of factions, bob taft. >> right. >> rose: who was sort of mainstream republican from the midwest. there was ike eisenhower who comes in, sort of the eastern command hing commanding figure at rockefeller was as well and you had barry goldwater to be followed by ronald reagan. there have always been divisions in the party. >> and now we can see more clearly that there are two approaches. there is a barry goldwater approach, very conservative, purist approach, which actually is very good in congressional races and you may win some seats in very red states using that approach, and you have got the ronald reagan approach, goldwater, mean 64, absolutely slaughtered, one of the worst land slides in u.s. history, two years later, ronald reagan ran on the same platform, but with a smile on his face, and unlike goldwater in 64, who seemed to go out of his way to agitate and irritate a lot of the party establishment, ronald reagan brought everybody into the room, and by bringing everybody into the room, he again in m
rose: what there the steeds of this because the republican party always had a variety of factions, bob taft. >> right. >> rose: who was sort of mainstream republican from the midwest. there was ike eisenhower who comes in, sort of the eastern command hing commanding figure at rockefeller was as well and you had barry goldwater to be followed by ronald reagan. there have always been divisions in the party. >> and now we can see more clearly that there are two approaches. there...
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taft lost control of congress and the ways in which this happened and the ways in which they tried to deal with it would be something that president obama could certainly ire identify with but also maybe gain some insight. >> rose: what do you think of i just interviewed lee on panetta, a new book of which there is some criticism of president obama. >> uh-huh. >> rose: hillary clinton made some note of the differences she had on syria. >> uh-huh. >> rose: robert gates made some criticism but in each case each of these memoirs are fulsom in their praise about aspects of the president should be said. and then the question comes up should they wait until after the president has finished serving his term before writing these books as a historian, what dow say? >> well, i think there's probably a good case for waiting. because criticizing a sitting president who is still facing some of the same issues might have a tendency to undercut his ability to continue dealing with these issues. i don't know whether that has been the case or will be the case in the two instances that you cite. but i
taft lost control of congress and the ways in which this happened and the ways in which they tried to deal with it would be something that president obama could certainly ire identify with but also maybe gain some insight. >> rose: what do you think of i just interviewed lee on panetta, a new book of which there is some criticism of president obama. >> uh-huh. >> rose: hillary clinton made some note of the differences she had on syria. >> uh-huh. >> rose: robert...
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. >> well, because both president theodore roosevelt and william howard taft which the book is about, faced some of the same kinds of problems that president obama faces with congress. and with the opposition party. and had their ways of dealing with it or failing to deal with it. roosevelt was much more successful, even though the conservative wing of his own party disliked what he was doing. he was a reformed republican, they considered him a radical. taft lost control of congress and the ways in which this happened and the ways in which they tried to deal with it would be something that president obama could certainly ire identify with but also maybe gain some insight. >> rose: what do you think of, i just interviewed lee on panetta, a new book of which there is some criticism of president obama. >> uh-huh. >> rose: hillary clinton made some note of the differences she had on syria. >> uh-huh. >> rose: robert gates made some criticism, but in each case, each of these memoirs, are fulsom in their praise about aspects of the president should be said. and then the question comes up, s
. >> well, because both president theodore roosevelt and william howard taft which the book is about, faced some of the same kinds of problems that president obama faces with congress. and with the opposition party. and had their ways of dealing with it or failing to deal with it. roosevelt was much more successful, even though the conservative wing of his own party disliked what he was doing. he was a reformed republican, they considered him a radical. taft lost control of congress and...
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robert taft, mr. conservative, if people can't afford health care, we've got to give it to them. charlie: would you, therefore, find yourself being in favor of some kind of single-payer system? gov. kasich: i don't think that's the way to go. i think it is transparency, paying for performance. there is a variety of things that can make the system work better. let me say something about this book. tot is critical is for us find our common humanity to work where we live, work to defeat this drug academic -- epidemic. charlie: are there more deaths in europe states? gov. kasich: it doesn't matter. we are high. what we need to do is education. i met with the drug enforcement agency. everybody needs to be involved in getting the next generation to stay away from these drugs. and we are clamping down on what doctors can prescribe. humanity. feeding the poor. the kinds of things were we see movements that resonate from the bottom up that have united us. gov. kasich: the central message is about humanity and finding common ground than it is about any particular specific policy. policies
robert taft, mr. conservative, if people can't afford health care, we've got to give it to them. charlie: would you, therefore, find yourself being in favor of some kind of single-payer system? gov. kasich: i don't think that's the way to go. i think it is transparency, paying for performance. there is a variety of things that can make the system work better. let me say something about this book. tot is critical is for us find our common humanity to work where we live, work to defeat this drug...
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. >> william howard taft. i guess he is the only one. it is not inconceivable. he would make quite a good judge. >> he is your student. >> he was my student and was my research assistant. for two and a half years. he was great. it takes to be a great president is different from what it takes to be a great judge. he might be a better judge. it is too early to say how good a president he has been. there are things i wish you might have done early. he has had some major accomplishments. >> he does have these -- this quality to see all sides. >> it is important that you come to closure. >> and you have a principle that you have studied. when you look at the court today and the decisions it faces, what are the great issues that have not come to the court that will come to the court? >> issues about bioengineering, the meaning of personhood. not only at what point does a fetus become a person but is a chimpanzee a person, artificial intelligence. fermentationt of and you need legislatures to weigh-in and lower courts. eventually as lincoln said we cannot be a country
. >> william howard taft. i guess he is the only one. it is not inconceivable. he would make quite a good judge. >> he is your student. >> he was my student and was my research assistant. for two and a half years. he was great. it takes to be a great president is different from what it takes to be a great judge. he might be a better judge. it is too early to say how good a president he has been. there are things i wish you might have done early. he has had some major...